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Spinors for Beginners 4: Quantum Spin States (Stern-Gerlach Experiment)

eigenchris 62,647 2 years ago
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Full spinors playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLJHszsWbB6hoOo_wMb0b6T44KM_ABZtBs Leave me a tip: https://ko-fi.com/eigenchris Powerpoint slide files + Exercise answers: https://github.com/eigenchris/MathNotes/tree/master/SpinorsForBeginners MinutePhysics video on polarizers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcqZHYo7ONs 3Blue1Brown video on polarizers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzRCDLre1b4 0:00 Introduction + Stern-Gerlach Experiment 3:38 Internal Angular Momentum 5:34 Bra-Ket notation 7:55 State Collapse, Born's Rule 10:00 Z-oriented S.G. Experiment 12:34 X-oriented S.G. Experiment 16:01 Y-oriented S.G. Experiment 18:37 Bloch Sphere, U(2) Matrices 20:44 Global Phase Shifts with Born's Rule, SU(2) 24:10 Conclusion

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